Legin Tauk, an exemplary officer of the Confederacy of Humans' Security Bureau, found himself at the heart of the second galactic superpower - the Galactica Empire - when the posthumous plot of the sinister Master entered a critical phase, and the world found itself on the brink of a suicidal war. In the capital of the Empire, Legin had a transfer to another flight; he was just returning from vacation, and life forced him to enter into a mortal battle with Evil, shoulder to shoulder with gray-haired, but still powerful Knights. Not everyone will emerge from this battle alive, and there is little time left to unravel the sinister Grand Plan... From the author: The book was written in 1992-93, the final version was completed in 1998. Special thanks to my literary agent in 2001-2002. Nikolai Basov, without whose help the story would never have seen the light of day in the EKSMO publishing house (as the third, final part of the novel “Special Specialist”, 2001).